Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for LUMN in the last 90 days.
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Lumen Technologies (LUMN) Stock Analysis & Forecast
Sep 28 close
$5.53−0.18 (−3.2%)
Gekko Brief
AI summaryLumen Technologies moves this week centers on its board-approved decision to transfer its common stock listing, along with Qwest Corporation's 6.500% Notes due 2051, from the New York Stock Exchange to Nasdaq, with the NYSE delisting anticipated after market close on 5 October 2026 and Nasdaq listing effective 6 October 2026 under the existing LUMN symbol. The company has cited alignment with its technology-focused business as it expands networking services for AI customers.
LUMN closes at $5.53, down 3.2%, sitting below both its 50-day average of $6.37 and 200-day average of $7.61, with the 50-day below the 200-day. The stock's 52-week range spans $5.50 to $11.95, and returns show a 9.9% decline over one month and 30.5% over three months. The GekkoIndex reads 69.5, placing LUMN in the Accumulation zone, up 11.4 over five periods. Price sits 19.7% below Gekko Fair Value of $6.89.
Earnings are scheduled for 29 October 2026 after close, 30 days out and beyond a typical 20-trading-day hold. The last report on 4 August 2026 showed an EPS of -$0.07 against a -$0.15 estimate, with a -5.7% reaction, and Lumen has beaten estimates in 6 of the last 8 quarters. No insider, Congress, or unusual options activity appears in the respective 90-day and 30-day windows. Seasonality from this point shows a 5% average return over 20 trading days across 5 years, with gains in 1 of those years. Analyst consensus across 7 firms includes 6 hold ratings and 1 sell, with a consensus target of $7.64.
Written by AI and checked automatically against the figures on this page. Generated Sep 29, 2026 from the data above.
Lumen Technologies price vs fair value
Close $5.53200-day averageGekko Fair Value $6.89
Lumen Technologies quick facts
- Market cap
- $5.70B
- P/E ratio
- —
- Forward P/E
- 98
- EPS, TTM
- −$0.98
- Revenue, TTM
- $11.83B
- Profit margin
- -8.6%
- Dividend yield
- —
- Beta
- 1.80
- Volume
- 12.91M avg 13.53M
- 1-year return
- −7.1%
- Typical daily move
- ±6.1%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±11.5%
- 50-day average
- $6.37
- 200-day average
- $7.61
- Next earnings
- Oct 29 after close
- Shares outstanding
- 1.03B
Lumen Technologies swing-trade checklist
Lumen Technologies scores 3 supportive, 1 mixed and 1 headwind across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
3 supportive1 mixed1 headwind
- Trendheadwind
Below 50 and 200-day
Close $5.53 is below the 50-day ($6.37) and 200-day ($7.61) averages, and the 50-day is below the 200-day.
See the chart - GekkoIndexsupportive
69.5, Accumulation
Reading 69.5 is in the Accumulation zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuesupportive
19.7% below
Price is 19.7% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).
See fair value - Smart moneyno data
No data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart money - Earnings risksupportive
Reports in 30 days
Next report Oct 29, 2026, 30 days away — outside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitymixed
+5.0% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +5% over 5 years, rising in 1 of them.
See seasonality
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Lumen Technologies stock chart and price history
Lumen Technologies closed at $5.53 on Sep 28, 2026, −7.1% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $5.50 to $11.95.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- −9.9%
- 3 months
- −30.5%
- 6 months
- −17.1%
- 1 year
- −7.1%
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About Lumen Technologies
Lumen Technologies builds and operates communications infrastructure, supplying technology and connectivity services to businesses and households across the United States and abroad. It markets these offerings under the Lumen, Quantum Fiber, and CenturyLink names, and it is recognized for combining network infrastructure with a wide range of digital services rather than offering a single product line. Its catalog spans cloud computing, IT management, unified communications, data center and colocation space, content delivery, and managed security, alongside internet protocol services such as VPNs, Ethernet, general IP connectivity, and VoIP. It also supplies fiber-based offerings, including high-capacity optical wavelength networks and unlit fiber leasing, plus older voice and data technologies like private lines, TDM systems, and SONET-based Ethernet.
The company organizes its operations into two segments, Business and Mass Markets, addressing commercial clients and residential subscribers respectively. As of the end of 2021, it counted roughly 4.5 million broadband subscribers among its customer base.
Lumen Technologies traces its incorporation to 1968 and operated for years under the name CenturyLink, Inc. before adopting its current name in September 2020. It is headquartered in Monroe, Louisiana, and its shares are listed on the NYSE under the ticker LUMN.
- Listed
- NYSE
- Sector
- Communications
- Industry
- Major telecommunications
- Website
- lumen.com
Lumen Technologies GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
Lumen Technologies’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 69.5, in the Accumulation zone, up 11.4 points over five sessions.
69.5Accumulation
Up 11.4 points over five sessions, from the Neutral zone.
Reading for Sep 28, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 54 | Not available | |||
| Accumulation (current zone) | 236 | +0.4% | +7.8% | ||
| Neutral | 334 | +0.9% | +6.9% | ||
| Distribution | 40 | +8.0% | +42.7% | ||
| Selling | 8 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average LUMN share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Accumulation readings averaged +2.3% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
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Is Lumen Technologies stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
Lumen Technologies trades 19.7% below Gekko Fair Value of $6.89, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Lumen Technologies shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$6.89
Gekko Fair Value, Sep 26, 2026
19.7% Undervalued
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Lumen Technologies insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Lumen Technologies, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in LUMN were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Buybacks
Lumen Technologies has been buying back its own shares.
- Bought back, quarter ended Dec 31, 2022
- $200.0M
- As a share of market cap
- 3.51%
From company filings.
Lumen Technologies earnings: next date and track record
Lumen Technologies reports on Oct 29, 2026, after the close (30 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 6 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Oct 29, 2026
Expected after the close, 30 days away
- EPS estimate
- −$0.22
- Revenue estimate
- $2.73B
6 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±11.2%average move across the report
4 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
Last earnings call, Aug 4, 2026 AI summary
- What they said
- Lumen reported Q2 2026 results in line with expectations, highlighting progress in enterprise networking transformation. Key strategic move was closing the Alkira acquisition, now branded Lumen Connect, enabling simplified multi-cloud and AI connectivity. Gartner named Lumen the company to beat in enterprise networking. Customer wins include Koch Industries compressing network setup from 8 months to one day, and Michaels connecting 1,400+ retail locations to Google Cloud rapidly.
- Guidance
- Management expressed confidence that Alkira will accelerate strategic revenue growth. Nearly 4,000 employees trained on Alkira platform with scalable sales motions established. No specific revenue or earnings targets were provided in this excerpt.
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | −$0.07 est −$0.15 | $2.81B est $2.74B | −5.7% |
| May 5, 2026 | −$0.47 est −$0.18 | $2.90B est $2.83B | +5.1% |
| Feb 3, 2026 | $0.23 est −$0.21 | $3.04B est $3.04B | −25.8% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | −$0.20 est −$0.26 | $3.09B est $3.04B | −6.5% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | −$0.03 est −$0.24 | $3.09B est $3.04B | −16.8% |
| May 1, 2025 | −$0.13 est −$0.29 | $3.18B est $3.11B | +6.8% |
| Feb 4, 2025 | $0.09 est −$0.05 | $3.33B est $3.20B | +2.1% |
| Nov 5, 2024 | −$0.13 est −$0.08 | $3.22B est $3.22B | +20.6% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Lumen Technologies stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Lumen Technologies is $7.64, +38.2% from the last close, from 7 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$7.64consensus 12-month target, +38.2% from the last close
Now $5.53Avg $7.64
Low $7High $9
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 7 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11 | Citi | $8.25 | +49.2% |
| Aug 10 | RBC Capital | $9 | +62.7% |
| Aug 5 | Goldman Sachs | $7.25 | +31.1% |
| Aug 5 | J.P. Morgan | $7 | +26.6% |
| Aug 5 | Bank of America Securities | $7 | +26.6% |
+7.8%average 20-day move after past Accumulation readings
+5.0%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±6.1%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Lumen Technologies seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Sep 29, Lumen Technologies averaged +5.0% across the last 5 years, rising in 1 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | −0.7% | 1 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | −4.6% | 1 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | −0.2% | 1 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +5.0% | 1 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +17.3% | 3 of 5 |
For scale, LUMN’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 11.5%.
Lumen Technologies market cap and key statistics
Lumen Technologies’s market cap is $5.70B and revenue of $11.83B over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $5.70B
- Forward P/E
- 98
- EPS, TTM
- −$0.98
- Gekko Fair Value
- $6.89
Trading
- Volume
- 12.91M
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 13.53M
- 52-week high
- $11.95
- 52-week low
- $5.50
- Shares outstanding
- 1.03B
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $11.83B
- Profit margin
- -8.6%
- Return on equity
- -78.9%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- −88.9%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 1.80
- Typical daily move
- ±6.1%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±11.5%
Lumen Technologies stock news this week
Coverage of Lumen Technologies this week reads neutral: 3 positive, 10 neutral and 1 negative headlines.
- Form 8-K Lumen Technologies, Inc. For: Sep 25StreetInsider, Sep 25
- Form 8K Lumen Technologies Inc For: 25 September By Investing.comInvesting.com Nigeria, Sep 25
- Lumen Technologies to move stock listing to NasdaqReuters, Sep 25
- Lumen Technologies Moves Stock Listing to Nasdaq ExchangeTipRanks, Sep 25
- Lumen Technologies Announced Transfer or Voluntary Withdrawal of ListingTradingView, Sep 25
- Lumen plans to transfer stock listing from NYSE to Nasdaq (LUMN:NYSE)Seeking Alpha, Sep 25
Lumen Technologies peers
Lumen Technologies’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| BCEBCE | Buying | 40.5% below |
| LBTYKLiberty Global | Buying | 41.0% below |
| LBTYALiberty Global | Buying | 21.9% below |
| LILAKLiberty Latin America | Neutral | 33.5% below |
| LILALiberty Latin America | Neutral | 39.3% below |
| IDTIDT | Neutral | 10.8% below |
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Lumen Technologies stock FAQ
What is Lumen Technologies’s market cap?
Lumen Technologies’s market cap is $5.70B at the Sep 28, 2026 close of $5.53, with 1.03B shares outstanding.
What is the Lumen Technologies stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Lumen Technologies is $7.64, +38.2% from the last close. Of the 7 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 0 rate it a buy, 6 a hold and 1 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is Lumen Technologies stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate Lumen Technologies is undervalued: the Sep 28, 2026 close of $5.53 is 19.7% below Gekko Fair Value of $6.89. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does Lumen Technologies report earnings next?
Lumen Technologies is expected to report on Oct 29, 2026, after the market closes (30 days away). Analysts expect earnings of −$0.22 per share on revenue of $2.73B. Lumen Technologies beat the earnings estimate in 6 of its last 8 reports, moving 11.2% on average across the report.
What is Lumen Technologies’s 52-week high and low?
Lumen Technologies’s 52-week high is $11.95 and its 52-week low is $5.50; it closed at $5.53 on Sep 28, 2026, −7.1% over the past year. Over the last five years the shares peaked at $14.50 on Nov 5, 2021.
Is Lumen Technologies stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 3 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex, fair value and earnings risk), 1 as mixed (seasonality) and 1 as a headwind (trend). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
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